Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Gens de lois—Lawyers. Fr.

Gens de même famille—Birds of a feather. Fr.

Gens de peu—The lower classes. Fr.

Gens togata—The nation with the toga, i.e., the 25 Roman.

Gentility is nothing else but ancient riches. Lord Burleigh.

Gentility without ability is waur (worse) than plain begging. Sc. Pr.

Gentle passions brighten the horizon of our existence, move without wearying, warm without consuming, and are the badges of true strength. Feuchtersleben.

Gentle words, quiet words, are, after all, the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing. W. Gladden.

Gentleman, in its primal, literal, and perpetual 30 meaning, is a man of pure race. Ruskin.

Gentleman is a term which does not apply to any station, but to the mind and the feelings in every station. Talfourd.